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SUBMITTER: Patsenker E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4425004 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patsenker Eleonora E Sachse Philip P Chicca Andrea A Gachet María Salomé MS Schneider Vreni V Mattsson Johan J Lanz Christian C Worni Mathias M de Gottardi Andrea A Semmo Mariam M Hampe Jochen J Schafmayer Clemens C Brenneisen Rudolf R Gertsch Jürg J Stickel Felix F Semmo Nasser N
International journal of molecular sciences 20150327 4
The endocannabinoid (EC) system is implicated in many chronic liver diseases, including hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection. Cannabis consumption is associated with fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), however, the role of ECs in the development of CHC has never been explored. To study this question, anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) were quantified in samples of HCV patients and healthy controls by gas and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Fatt ...[more]